The forefoot-to-rearfoot plantar pressure ratio is increased in severe diabetic neuropathy and can predict foot ulceration

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1066-1071

  Caselli, Antonella ^a   Pham, Hau ^a   Giurini, John M ^a   Armstrong, David G ^b   Veves, Aristidis ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; HEEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT CODING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCEROGENESIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INNERVATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0036595055     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.6.1066     Document Type: Article

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